The Museum of American Finance has launched an online encyclopedia of the US recession, dubbed the Recessipedia, documenting both the events and players of the crisis, as well as personal accounts of economic woes. At least it will keep the unemployed brokers off the streets…
Wikis
Wikipedia to start plugging celebrity leaks
Gone are the days of adding hilarious bogus information to politician’s Wikipedia entries: the site will now require that edits made by new contributors be checked before they go live, in an effort to stem the tide of bogus information about celebrities.
Wikipedia hits 3m articles: milestone or mess?
Collaborative online encyclopedia Wikipedia has reached its three millionth English language article. But is it a milestone for free and open knowledge, or a sign the site is becoming too bloated? The “quality or quantity” issue divides many of the site’s contributors.
Has Wikipedia already peaked?
Are bickering, unfriendly editors and spambots killing Wikipedia? A new study shows the once-booming growth of the collaborative online encyclopedia is tailing off, and the website could find itself in a vicious downward spiral of declining quality and contributor numbers.
